Friday 18th Oct 2013
This post was written by Joe Raczynski, technology manager for Large Law Firms, Thomson Reuters “Not preparing for eDiscovery will cause your company to spend millions meeting an eDiscovery request via a lawsuit or investigation or worse – losing a multi-million or multi-billion dollar lawsuit because you cannot retrieve data in time to satisfy a judge.” ...
Thursday 17th Oct 2013
Thomson Reuters recently produced a 50-state survey of marijuana laws which revealed a general trend toward liberalizing restrictions on marijuana use and cultivation. An infographic is available here. To read a follow up from the Thomson Reuters Reference Attorney group which includes updates to the original survey data, visit the Legal Solutions blog.
Thursday 17th Oct 2013
This post was written by Kimberly Stein, manager of Solutions Software for Thomson Reuters Here at the Ark Group’s 9th annual Knowledge Management in the Legal Profession conference in New York, legal practitioners and technologists are discussing and debating the strategic context for KM in law firms. A series of “TED-talk” style discussions, debates, and ...
Tuesday 15th Oct 2013
Millions of Americans count on their monthly Social Security check. But will Social Security still be around when currently working Americans reach retirement age? A new survey from FindLaw says there’s widespread concern. Only 30 percent of American adults said they expect to receive Social Security when they retire. Most Americans said that they either don’t expect ...
Wednesday 9th Oct 2013
As 2013 starts to wind down, 2014 profitability may be top of mind for many small law firms. In a new article posted on the Legal Solutions site, Karl Florida, managing director of Small Law Firms for Thomson Reuters, applies smart business acumen to the current small law firm environment. In How Technology Drives Short- ...
Tuesday 8th Oct 2013
The growing debate around medicinal and recreational marijuana use isn’t about to go up in smoke any time soon. In fact, the issue is lighting up Capitol Hill, with 40 states and the District of Columbia proposing or enacting legislation surrounding pot use, according to WestlawNext, the nation’s leading online legal research service. The recreational ...
Thursday 3rd Oct 2013
Since last summer, the legal department of Subway restaurants has come a long way from their old litigation database and invoice approval system. In just a year after adopting Thomson Reuters Serengeti Tracker, the successful implementation earned them the Connecticut Law Tribune’s Legal Departments of the Year award for Best Use of Technology. It started ...
Tuesday 1st Oct 2013
In an article recently published in Metropolitan Corporate Counsel online, Patrick Johnson, senior marketer for Serengeti discusses the importance of legal spend and matter management software. Effectively tracking vendor legal matters and spending are of the utmost importance to efficiently managing even a small legal department. While accounts payable (A/P) software can report on some ...
Thursday 26th Sep 2013
Each year, U.S. insurance companies lose $80 billion to non-medical insurance fraud, and organized crime accounts for a piece of the action with a growing number of well-organized, lucrative insurance scams. For example, in February 2012, federal authorities busted a no-fault auto insurance scam in New York orchestrated by the Russian Mob that netted $275 ...
Tuesday 24th Sep 2013
Getting Westlaw registered as a trademark in China has been a Herculean task spanning ten years. Ryan Sheppard, vice president of Trademark Assets for Thomson Reuters, recently talked to Donna La Vardera, trademark manager for Legal at Thomson Reuters, about her dogged pursuit of the mark which was finally granted this year. Donna, why is ...
Monday 16th Sep 2013
Big data. The value of information. Corporations, organizations and government agencies are all analyzing the proliferation of data that has become available in recent years to improve efficiency, support investigative work and generate more revenue. And as the volumes of data have grown, so too has the debate surrounding the acquisition and analysis of this ...
Thursday 12th Sep 2013
Thomson Reuters recently aligned with the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (ICMEC) to form the Digital Economy Task Force. The task force, led by co-chairs Steve Rubley, managing director, Government segment for the Legal business of Thomson Reuters, and Ernie Allen, president and CEO of ICMEC, was developed to focus on the benefits ...
Wednesday 4th Sep 2013
Minnesota is home to the Thomson Reuters Legal business, but did you know it has also recently been a hub for female students interested in technology fields? The Anita Borg Institute, for example, hosts the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing conference each year, welcoming attendees from around the world. This year, with help ...
